New Franklin compared to Ohio state average: 1  Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. 2  Black race population percentage significantly below state average. 3  Median age above state average. 4  Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Green plants provide beta-carotene, which provides vitamin A to a goat's diet. Boer goats store vitamin A in the liver, using the reserved vitamin when lacking greens in the diet. Vitamin D is absorbed through the skin of the goat while being outdoors. Sun-cured hay is a good source of providing vitamin D in the diet.
DEFICIENC Y & TOXICITY. Minerals and vitamins are vital to the good health of goats. You can feed proper protein, energy, and fat, but if the mineral and vitamin mix is wrong, your goats will not do well. Most of the mineral-and vitamin-related problems in goats result from deficiencies, but toxicity can occur too.